How to use the picker wheel
- Add options one at a time, or paste a whole list with one option per line.
- Adjust weights if some options should come up more often than others.
- Choose a mode: normal, elimination or accumulation.
- Press spin and wait for the pointer to settle on a slice.
- Save the wheel or copy a share link so you can use it again.
The three spin modes
Normal
Every option stays on the wheel after each spin. Use it when repeats are fine — deciding what to eat, picking a topic, settling a small argument.
Elimination
The winning slice is removed once it has been drawn. This is the mode for classroom turn taking, Secret Santa draws and any running order where each name should appear once.
Accumulation
Nothing is removed, but each win is counted. Useful for games scored across many rounds, or for demonstrating probability: spin fifty times and compare the tally against the weights you set.
Weighted options
Each option has a weight, and its share of the wheel is its weight divided by the total. Giving one option a weight of 3 while the rest sit at 1 makes it three times more likely than any single competitor. This is cleaner than adding an option several times, because the wheel stays readable and the odds stay obvious.
Saving and sharing
Named wheels are stored in your browser's local storage, so they survive a refresh but never leave your device. Share links work differently: the options are encoded directly into the URL, which means the recipient sees the same wheel without anything being stored on a server.
Is the spin fair?
Yes. The winner is drawn before the animation using the Web Crypto random source built into your browser, then the wheel is rotated so the pointer lands on that slice. Spin length, easing and how many times you spin have no bearing on the outcome, and each spin is independent of the last.
Only need a straight answer? The yes or no wheel on the home page does exactly that in one spin.